Timeline of Cambodian history

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This is a timeline of Cambodian history. See also History of Cambodia and the list of Cambodian rulers.

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[edit] 9th century

Year	Date	Event
802		Jayavarman II declared independence from Srivijaya under the Sailendra, proclaiming himself the divine king of Kambuja.
850		Jayavarman died. His son Jayavarman III succeeded him.
877		Jayavarman III died. He was succeeded by his cousin Indravarman I.
890		Indravarman died. His son Yasovarman succeeded him.

[edit] 10th century

Year	Date	Event
968		Jayavarman V succeeded Rajendravarman II as ruler of Kambuja, now the Khmer Empire.

[edit] 11th century

Year	Date	Event
1001		Jayavarman V died. He was succeeded by Udayadityavarman I.
1002		The king died. A civil war ensued between Jayaviravarman and Suryavarman I, both of whom claimed the throne.
1010		Suryavarman became the uncontested king of the Khmer Empire.
1050		Suryavarman died. He was succeeded by Udayadityavarman II, a descendant of Yasovarman's wife.
1066		Udayadityavarman died. Harshavarman III succeeded him.

[edit] 12th century

Year	Date	Event
1107		Jayavarman VI died. He was succeeded by Dharanindravarman I.
1113		Dharanidravarman died, possibly murdered by his great nephew Suryavarman II who succeeded him.
1132		An attempted invasion of Vietnam was defeated.
1150		Suryavarman died, possibly in a military campaign against the Cham of Central Vietnam. Dharanindravarman II succeeded him.
1160		Dharanindravarman died. He was succeeded by Yasovarman II.
1177		Cham invaders took control of Yasodharapura, the Khmer capital, and executed the king.

[edit] 13th century

Year	Date	Event
1203		Jayavarman forcibly annexed the south of Champa (today South Central Vietnam).
1219		Jayavarman died. He was succeeded by Indravarman II.
1238		Two Thai chieftains in the city of Sukhothai declared the establishment and independence of the Sukhothai Kingdom.
1243		Indravarman died. Jayavarman VIII succeeded him.
1283		Jayavarman agreed to pay tribute to the Mongol Empire in lieu of suffering invasion.

[edit] 14th century

Year	Date	Event

[edit] 15th century

Year	Date	Event
1431		The Thai invaded Angkor.

[edit] 16th century

Year	Date	Event
1593		King Sattha requested protection from the Spanish governor of the Philippines against the Thai.
1594		The Thai captured the Cambodian capital, Lovek, and installed a military governor there.
		Sattha died.
1597		Spain installed a son of King Sattha on the Cambodian throne.
1599		The Spanish soldiers in Cambodia were massacred by Malay mercenaries.

[edit] 17th century

Year	Date	Event
1623		King Chettha II allowed Vietnamese refugees from the Trịnh-Nguyễn Civil War to settle in Prey Nokor.
1659		A Cambodian civil war was followed by a Vietnamese invasion.
1690		Cambodia was annexed by Vietnam.
1698		An emissary arrived in Prey Nokor to establish Vietnamese administration over the expatriate population.

[edit] 18th century

Year	Date	Event
1749		The Vietnamese conquered the Mekong Delta (Khmer Cochinchina).
1779		A new Khmer king, Ang Eng, was installed under Thai protection.

[edit] 19th century

Year	Date	Event
1820		A Khmer revolt took place against Vietnamese rule .
1841		Ang Duong became king.
1851		Cambodia successfully overthrew the Vietnamese occupation.
1860		Ang Duong died. His son Norodom succeeded him.
1863		Faced with a domestic rebellion, Norodom was forced to accept an offer of protection from the French.
1887	October	Cambodia was subsumed into the Indochinese Union.
1897		The Résident supérieur was granted the royal powers of tax collection, rule by decree, and appointment of royal officials and crown princes.

[edit] 20th century

Year	Date	Event
1941		Japanese troops occupied Cambodia.
		The king, Sisowath Monivong, died. The French chose his grandson Norodom Sihanouk to succeed him.
1945		After its defeat in World War II, Japan relinquished its Indochinese territories.
1953	November 9	Cambodia officially gained its independence from France.
1955	March 2	King Sihanouk abdicated in favour of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
1963	Aug 27	Cambodia severed ties with South Vietnam.
1970	March 18	General Lon Nol overthrew Sihanouk and established a republic. see Cambodian Campaign
1975	April 17	Cambodian Civil War: The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh and declared the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Kampuchea.
1977	Dec 31	Cambodia broke relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
1979	January 7	Cambodian-Vietnamese War: Vietnamese troops captured Phnom Penh. The Khmer Rouge is over.
1989	September 26	The last Vietnamese troops withdrew from Cambodia.
1992	March 16	A United Nations peacekeeping force, the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), began monitoring Cambodia.
1993	May	Cambodia held free elections. The Khmer Rouge boycotted them.
	September 24	A new constitution was ratified, under which the Cambodian monarchy was restored. Norodom Sihanouk returned to the throne.

[edit] 21st century

Year	Date	Event
2003	January 18	An Angkor newspaper reported that Suvanant Kongying, a Thai actress, had claimed that Angkor Wat rightfully belonged to Thailand.
	January 28	Thai television programs were banned from broadcasting in Cambodia.
	January 29	2003 Phnom Penh riots: Nationalist rioters destroyed the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh.
	July 7	Cambodian parliamentary election, 2003: Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party won a majority of seats in the National Assembly.
2004	October 14	King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated. His son Norodom Sihamoni was crowned as his successor.